The number of irregular entrants to the European Union increased by 86% between January and July and amounted to 155,090 compared to the same period last year, announced on Friday (12/8) the Frontexthe European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
Him Julythe number of inputs up 63% year-on-year to 34,570according to a statement in which the preliminary data is published.
Frontex clarified that Ukrainian refugees entering the EU through border crossings were not taken into account in these calculations.
According to Frontex, 7.7 million Ukrainian citizens have entered the EU since the Russian invasion began in February.
More than 14,866 irregular entries, “almost triple” compared to last July, were registered through Routes of the Balkanswhich continues to be “the most active”, with 70,770 cases detected in the seven months of the year.
The main nationalities on this route were immigrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey.
The Central Mediterranean route was used by more than 42,500 migrants between January and Julymarking a 44% increase compared to the first seven months of last year.
The number of cases detected in the Eastern Mediterranean route remained high with 22,601 arrivals, “more than double” compared to last year.
The number of arrivals in Cyprus represented more than half of the total number of detected cases, most of them being immigrants from Syria, Nigeria and Congo.
Sta eastern borders of the EU, the number of irregular crossings decreased by 32% since the beginning of the year, to 2,923.
The nationalities that followed this route were mainly Ukrainians, Iraqis and Belarusians citizens.
The passages on both sides of it Channel increased by 55% compared to the period January-July 2021in 28,000 cases identified, according to Frontex.
Source: News Beast
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